Willcocks's Honeyguide (Indicator willcocksi)

Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	15 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,900,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	-	-
Generation length	2.9 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be not uncommon in parts of its range (del Hoyo et al. 2002). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 7.3% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Benin	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Chad	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	uncertain	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Dja Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Mont Nlonako
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Central African Republic	Ngotto
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lomako - Yekokora
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Maiko National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Ngiri
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Okapi Faunal Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Salonga National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Equatorial Guinea	Nsork Highlands National Park
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Ghana	Atewa Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bia National Park and Resource Reserve
Ghana	Boin River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bura River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Dadieso Forest Reserve
Ghana	Draw River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Ebi River Shelterbelt Forest Reserve
Ghana	Gbele Resource Reserve
Ghana	Jema-Asemkrom Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Mamiri Forest Reserve
Ghana	Subri River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Nimiri Forest Reserve
Ghana	Yoyo River Forest Reserve
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Oban Division)
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
Uganda	Budongo Forest Reserve
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Semliki National Park

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/willcockss-honeyguide-indicator-willcocksi on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.